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Q1ZooKeys
About ZooKeys
ZooKeys is a scholarly journal published by Pensoft Publishers. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q1, with an SJR of 0.649 and H-index of 73.
Coverage: 2009-2026. Research categories: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) (Q1); Animal Science and Zoology (Q1); Insect Science (Q1); Paleontology (Q1); Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (Q2).
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Topics in published research
Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy; Plant and animal studies; Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution; Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny; Marine Biology and Ecology Research; Insect-Plant Interactions and Control.
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Dragons guard secrets: integrative systematics of Pteraeolidia semperi species complex (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia) from Vietnam
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2026-10-02 · DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1293.195366Two new species and two new country records of the giant pill-millipede genus Zephronia Gray, 1832 from Thailand, based on integrative taxonomy (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Zephroniidae)
Chalintorn Wilaisorn, Ruttapon Srisonchai, Wibhu Kutanan, Nisarat Tungpairojwong et al.
2026-10-02 · DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1294.205518Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic study of the tribe Gobionini in China (Actinopteri, Cypriniformes, Gobionidae), with the discussion on the generic character of the genus Mesogobio
Yutian Fang, Zhixian Sun, Yahui Zhao
2026-10-01 · DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1293.202134Establishment of the Drawida gisti species complex and description of a new species from northeastern China (Oligochaeta, Moniligastridae)
Saiyu Qiao, Jiangni Li, Yufeng Zhang, Nonillon M. Aspe et al.
2026-10-01 · DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1293.204408First chance to see: New jumping-spider species from Batanta, Indonesia (Araneae, Salticidae, Euophryini)
Hunor Takács-Vágó, Ádám Sándor Mayer, Krisztián Szabó, Tibor Kovács et al.
2026-10-01 · DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1293.190325Re-examination of the type materials of seven species of Plexippina (Araneae, Salticidae) from China
Yuchen Zhou, Xianjin Peng
2026-09-30 · DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1293.203377First record of Zaitzevia Champion, 1923 (Coleoptera, Elmidae) from Fujian Province, China, with descriptions of two new species
Dong-Ju Bian, Manfred A. Jäch
2026-09-29 · DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1293.196561Five new species of Tetragoniceps Brady, 1880 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Tetragonicipitidae) from Korea
Kyuhee Cho, Jihye Seo, Jong Guk Kim, Jimin Lee et al.
2026-09-28 · DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1293.206992Three new species of Eucorydia Hebard, 1929 (Blattodea, Corydioidea, Corydiidae) from China, with notes on female genitalia
Ting-Ting Cai, Wei Han, Zong-Qing Wang, Yan-Li Che et al.
2026-09-28 · DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1293.199475First larval description of Nipponomyia Alexander (Diptera, Pediciidae) with a new species from South Korea
Sigitas Podenas, Virginija Podeniene, Jekaterina Havelka
2026-09-25 · DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1293.201884A new species of Bathyeliasona (Annelida, Polynoidae) from the abyssal plain of the eastern Indian Ocean
Cheah Hoay Chuar, Iffah Iesa, Tashfia Raquib
2026-09-25 · DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1293.208455Trimma charon, a new species of pygmygoby (Teleostei, Gobiidae) from the Red Sea with a key to the Red Sea species of the genus
Viktor N. Peinemann, Sergey V. Bogorodsky, Matthew D. Tietbohl Talas, Michael L. Berumen et al.
2026-09-24 · DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1293.204097Mitochondrial genome of Scutiger boulengeri (Anura, Megophryidae) reveals an exceptionally expanded non-coding region and its phylogenetic position within Megophryidae
Wan-ting Wang, Fu-hao Zhang, Rui Wang, Xu-ze Zhang et al.
2026-09-24 · DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1293.203467Construction of a COI DNA barcode reference library for non-volant terrestrial mammals of Taiwan, with notes on the effects of nuclear mitochondrial pseudogenes (numts) on molecular identification
Yen-Jean Chen, Yi-Lun Chiang, Meng-Jou Chi, Shih-Wei Chang et al.
2026-09-24 · DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1293.190114One new obligate commensal species of Coenaletes (Collembola, Coenaletidae) from the hermit crab Coenobita compressus (Crustacea, Coenobitidae) from Colombia
Angela Arango, Margarita Ojeda, Francisco Serna, José G. Palacios-Vargas et al.
2026-09-24 · DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1293.206618Three species of Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) from Mongolia, with descriptions of two new species
Boyu Zou, Huanji Liu, Byambasuren Mijidsuren, Yanzhou Zhang et al.
2026-09-23 · DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1292.187191First records of the genera Mariaplax Rahayu & Ng, 2014 and Hexapinus Manning & Holthuis, 1981 from India, with descriptions of three new species (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Hexapodidae)
Mani Prema, Sherine Sonia Cubelio, Peter K. L. Ng
2026-09-23 · DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1292.204005Two new remarkable genera of Oriental Pentastirini (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cixiidae)
Bence Péter Schlitt, András Orosz
2026-09-21 · DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1292.206598Ekueitermes alerosinus, a new genus and species of soldierless termite from Colombia (Isoptera, Termitidae, Apicotermitinae)
Ervin H. Duran-Bautista, Fernando Celis-Daza, Nasly S. Poveda Quezada, Fausto A. Ortiz-Morea et al.
2026-09-18 · DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1292.195853Species groups and identification key to Chinese Temnothorax ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) with descriptions of four new species from Shennongjia National Park
Fangchao Deng, Jingyuan Yang, Zhenghui Xu
2026-09-18 · DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1292.180703Reviews
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